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This is the nitya bali-vaishvadeva vidhi for rigvediya people. This vidhi is curated by panDit Mohit Bharadvaj (@vvaayu on twitter). I typed it out as per his indications and instructions. This deals with four out of five daily yagnas i.e. deva-yagna, bhoota-yagna, pitru-yagna, manushya-yagna which everyone with a home and a family should do it daily. Preferably it should be done twice a day. Because we cook our meals (and consume our meals - main meals not nibbles in between) twice a day - Lunch and Dinner.
Ideally this is done in noon - when sun is directly over head. After madhyaanha sandhya. It is difficult these days. Second option is to do it in morning after the daily cooking is over. We offer the food that we have cooked in home to devatas, mahabhootas, our pitaras and guests (if any) at home. Then the food is offered to cows, ants, crows, dogs too. After that we are supposed to consume the food that we have cooked.
It is a beautiful ritual. The philosophy that we offer food to all and everyone around us before consuming is very fulfilling. Again, this is a nitya-karma.. That is, just like daily Sandhya, pooja, tarpaNa, this too has to be performed daily.
Think to know about any Nitya-Karma is - It is to be done regularly - just like we bathe daily, breathe regularly, walk-exercise regularly. There is no special benefit of doing nitya-karma. But there is adverse effect of NOT doing daily nitya-karma.
A home where daily vaishvadeva happens - the vaastu, the bhootas, the plants-animals and other bhootas, the ancestors, the devatas reside happily in that home. Guests visit that home happily and bless the annadaataa residing there. That happiness of all those ancestors, devatas, bhootas, visiters, plants and animals in vicinity - is the real fruit of doing vaishvadeva and deva-bhoota-pitru-manushya yagna daily. One of the mantra is for all the diseases - we ask the diseases to stay away from home. One another fruit of doing vaishvadeva daily is health in general remains good of the family.
In preparation - take some cooked rice (which is preferably cooked by the lady of the house - after bathing). If such a rice (one cooked by grihiNi AFTER bathing) is not available (late baths etc), take uncooked rice-grains.
Add some ghee to the rice (or rice-grains) and mix is well. This is the anna (food) that will be the aahuti for devatas and pitars in following yagna. Sit facing east.
बलिवैश्वदेव
आचमन
In aachamana, one needs to drink one spoon of water three times for each of the first three names. In the fourth name, one releases the water in the paatra. Then continue chanting remaining 20 names of vishNu.
ॐ केशवाय नम: (drink)
ॐ नारायणाय नम: (drink)
ॐ माधवाय नम: (drink)
ॐ गोविन्दाय नम: (release water)
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ॐ विष्णवे नम:
ॐ मधुसूदनाय नम:
ॐ त्रिविक्रमाय नम:
ॐ वामनाय नम:
ॐ श्रीधराय नम:
ॐ ह्रषीकेशाय नम:
ॐ पज्ञनाभाय नम:
ॐ दामोदराय नम:
ॐ संकर्षणाय नम:
ॐ वासुदेवाय नम:
ॐ प्रद्युम्नाय नम:
ॐ अनिरूद्धाय नम:
ॐ पुरूषोत्तमाय नम:
ॐ अधोक्षजाय नम:
ॐ नारसिम्हाय नम:
ॐ अच्युताय नम:
ॐ जनार्दनाय नम:
ॐ उपेन्द्राय नम:
ॐ हरये नम:
ॐ श्रीकृष्णाय नम:
प्राणायामः
ॐ प्रणवस्य परब्रह्मऋषी: परमात्मा देवता गायत्री छंद: प्राणायामे विनियोग: (release water)
During praNayaama, one closes left nostril - inhale from right one. Chant below mentioned gayatri mantra while air is inside. Then release the air from left nostril. Then repeat with inhaling from left and releasing from right.
ॐ भूः। ॐ भुवः। ॐ स्वः। ॐ महः। ॐ जनः। ॐ तपः। ॐ सत्यम्। ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि। धियो योऽ नःप्रचोदयात्। ॐ आपो ज्योती रसोमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वः ॐ ।
मार्जन
In Maarjana, one releases one spoon of water in paatra during each mantra.
आपो॒ हिष्ठा म॑यो॒ भुव॒स्तान॑ऽऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन। म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से॥ (release)
यो वः॑ शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒हनः॑। उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तरः॑॥ (release)
तस्मा॒ऽअर॑ङ्गमाम वो॒ यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ। आपो॑ ज॒न य॑था चनः॥ (release)
While chanting mantra below, one sprinkles water on oneself and the equipments that are being used in the vidhi.
ॐ अपवित्र: पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि वा ।
य: स्मरेत् पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्माभ्यन्तर: शुचि: ।
संकल्प
Take one spoon of water in hand - hold it while you chant sankalpa verse below. You have to know what is your pravara, your gotra, your veda, your sootra and your shakha. If none of this is known, just say kaashyapa gotra and your name.
देशकालौ सङ्कीर्त्य XXXX XXXX XXXX इति त्रयर्षय: प्रवरान्वितो XXXXगोत्र: XXXXसूत्रः ऋग्वेदान्तर्गतशाकलशाखाध्यायी
XXXX (your name) शर्माहं मम गृहे कण्डनी-पेषणी-चुल्ली-सम्मार्जनी-गृहलेपनादि-हिंसाजन्य-दोषपरिहारपूर्वकान्न शुद्ध्यात्मसंस्कार सिद्धिद्वारा श्रीपरमेश्वर-प्रीत्यर्थं बलिवैश्वदेवकर्म करिष्ये ।
If one is from brahmaNa varNa - one says XXXXशर्माहं
If one is from kshatriya varNa - one says XXXX वर्माहं
If one is from Vaishya varNa - one says XXXXगुप्तहं
If one is from shudra varNa - one rarely follows these and ritual is not prescribed. But one does follow (or wishes to follow) the rituals with shraddha in heart, one can say XXXXदासोहम्
अग्निप्रज्वलन
लौकिक अग्नि - Laukika Agni - There are two types of agni in vaidika Hindu dharma. One agni which is ignited by brahmins while chanting vaidik hymns. That is called Mantraagni (मंत्राग्नि). The method of doing that is very elaborate and usually most of the people (except students studying in vedashalas and acharyas therein) do not know how to do that.
Therefore, a normal agni (using match-sticks) can be ignited. We use Dung-cakes (with some ghee on it) and a karpoora (camphor). We place camphor below dung-cake and ignite it with match-stick. As the cake catches fire properly, we chant following mantra to do the "aavaahana" of agnidevataa in that fire - thus making it sacred fire.
Agni-devataa invited in this manner is called Laukika-Agni.
ॐ चत्वारि श्रृङ्गा त्रयो ऽअस्य पादा द्वे शीर्षे सप्त हस्तासो ऽअस्य ।
त्रिधा बद्धो वृषभो रोरवीति महो देवो मर्त्यां ऽआविवेश ॥
Once Agni-devataa is established in his aasana (the fiery kunDa), we can start the four yagnas. First is Deva-Yagna.
देवयज्ञ
In Deva-Yagna, we give aahuti to various devatas. Agni devataa carries oblations offered by the host from this world to the world of devatas (and pitaras).
Agni is married to two daughters of prajaapati - namely Svaahaa and Svadhaa. It is these wives of Agni-devataa who do the actual transmission of aahutis.
Svaahaa carries the aahutis to devaloka meant for devataas.
Svadhaa carries the aahutis to pitruloka meant for pitars.
Hence the mantras meant for aahutis for devatas end in svaahaa.
And the mantras meant for aahutis for pitars end with svadhaa.
While giving aahutis to devatas, make sure you do with with middle two fingers along with thumb - anaamika and madhyamaa. Make sure you do not touch the aahuti with first finger (tarjani). Tarjani+thumb is used for giving aahuti to pitaras.
For each mantra, take pinchful of rice and offer it in the agni to the concerned devataa while keeping that devata in mind.
Note : Don't overdo it and add too much of rice on agni - fire might get extinguished and then it is pain to start it again since everything is hot by now and difficult to touch. One small grain (or few grains) of cooked rice is enough. Bhaava is important, not quantity.
While saying इदं न मम, one has to release each aahuti in agni.
1. ॐ सूर्याय स्वाहा। सूर्यायेदन्न मम॥
2. ॐ प्रजापतये स्वाहा, प्रजापतये इदं न मम
3. ॐ अग्नये स्वाहा, अग्नये इदं न मम
4. ॐ प्रजापतये स्वाहा, प्रजापतये इदं न मम
5. ॐ सोमाय वनस्पतये स्वाहा, सोमाय वनस्पतये इदं न मम
6. ॐ अग्नीषोमाभ्यां स्वाहा, अग्निषोमाभ्ये इदं न मम
7. ॐ इन्द्राग्निभ्यां स्वाहा, इंद्राग्निभ्ये इदं न मम
8. ॐ द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां स्वाहा, द्यावापृथिवीभ्ये इदं न मम
9. ॐ धन्वन्तरये स्वाहा, धन्वन्तरये इदं न मम
10. ॐ इन्द्राय स्वाहा, इंद्राय इदं न मम
11. ॐ विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यो स्वाहा, विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यो इदं न मम
12. ॐ ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा, ब्रह्मणे इदं न मम
13. ॐ भुः स्वाहा, इदं न मम
14. ॐ स्वः स्वाहा, इदं न मम
15. ॐ भुवः स्वाहा, इदं न मम
16. ॐ भूर्भुवस्स्वस्स्वाहा, इदं न मम
These 16 aahutis make up the deva-yagna.
भूतयज्ञ
In Bhoota-Yagna, the aahuti are not placed in fire. But in a flat utensil (like a plate or a paatra). There is specific sequence and position of placing the aahutis in that manDala.
The sequence of placing the aahutis in the plate is seen in this diagram. The positions are numbered. The numbers are analogous to the mantras below. Mantra with number 1 should be placed in position 1 in diagram. Aahuti for Mantra number 32 to be placed on position 32. So on and so forth.
Again, few grains in pinch made by anamika+madhyama and thumb per aahuti. Don't overdo it.
1. ॐ सूर्याय स्वाहा। सूर्यायेदन्न मम॥
2. ॐ प्रजापतये स्वाहा, प्रजापतये इदं न मम
3. ॐ अग्नये स्वाहा, अग्नये इदं न मम
4. ॐ प्रजापतये स्वाहा, प्रजापतये इदं न मम
5. ॐ सोमाय वनस्पतये स्वाहा, सोमाय वनस्पतये इदं न मम
6. ॐ अग्नीषोमाभ्यां स्वाहा, अग्निषोमाभ्ये इदं न मम
7. ॐ इन्द्राग्निभ्यां स्वाहा, इंद्राग्निभ्ये इदं न मम
8. ॐ द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां स्वाहा, द्यावापृथिवीभ्ये इदं न मम
9. ॐ धन्वन्तरये स्वाहा, धन्वन्तरये इदं न मम
10. ॐ इन्द्राय स्वाहा, इंद्राय इदं न मम
11. ॐ विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यो स्वाहा, विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यो इदं न मम
12. ॐ ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा, ब्रह्मणे इदं न मम
13. ॐ अद्भ्यस्स्वाहा, अद्भ्य इदं न मम
14. ॐ ओषधिवनस्पतिभ्यः स्वाहा, ओषधिवनस्पतिभ्यः इदं न मम
15. ॐ गृहाय स्वाहा, गृहाय इदं न मम
16. ॐ गृहदेवताभ्यः स्वाहा, गृहदेवताभ्यः इदं न मम
17. ॐ वास्तुदेवताभ्यः स्वाहा, वास्तुदेवताभ्यः इदं न मम
18. ॐ इन्द्राय स्वाहा, इन्द्राय इदं न मम
19. ॐ इन्द्रपुरुषेभ्यः स्वाहा, इन्द्रपुरुषेभ्यः इदं न मम
20. ॐ यमाय स्वाहा, यमाय इदं न मम
21. ॐ यमपुरुषेभ्यः स्वाहा, यमपुरुषेभ्य इदं न मम
22. ॐ वरुणाय स्वाहा, वरूणाय इदं न मम
23. ॐ वरुणपुरुषेभ्यः वरुणपुरुषेभ्य इदं न मम
24. ॐ सोमाय स्वाहा, सोमाय इदं न मम
25. ॐ सोमपुरुषेभ्यः स्वाहा, सोमपुरुषेभ्य इदं न मम
26. ॐ ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा, ब्रह्मणे इदं न मम
27. ॐ ब्रह्मपुरुषेभ्यः स्वाहा, ब्रह्मपुरुषेभ्यः इदं न मम
28. ॐ विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यः स्वाहा, विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यः इदं न मम
29. ॐ सर्वेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः स्वाहा, सर्वेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः इदं न मम
30. ॐ दिवाचारिभ्यः (दिन में) स्वाहा, दिवाचारिभ्यः
ॐ नक्तञ्चारिभ्यः (शाम को) स्वाहा, नक्तञ्चारिभ्यः इदं न मम
31. ॐ रक्षोभ्यः स्वाहा, रक्षोभ्यः इदं न मम
These 31 aahutis make Bhoota-Yagna.
पितृयज्ञ
For this yagna, the Janeu should be taken on right shoulder - i.e. praacheenaaveetee (apasavya). Using First finger and thumb, place the aahuti for pitars at position 32 in above diagram and do namaskaara to them. In mind, ask all your ancestors to have the meal cooked by their descendant today and be satisfied.
32. ॐ पितृभ्य: स्वधा नम:, इदं पितृभ्य: स्वधा न मम (प्राचीनावीति होकर इसको करके उदकोपस्पर्श भी करें)
निर्णेजनम्
This is technically not an aahuti. After pitruyagna, Janeu is to be made savya again (i.e. on left shoulder again). One washes the hand (i.e. take a spoonful of water in hand and let it go. Place the drop of that washing water at position 33 in the diagram while chanting mantra below. This is for all the diseases - so that they stay away from your home.
33. ॐ यक्ष्मैतत्ते निर्णेजनं नम:, इदं यक्ष्मणे न मम ।
मनुष्ययज्ञ
Manushya-yagna is for guests. For this, put your janeu around your neck (like you would wear a necklace or a maalaa) and take all the remaining rice and place it on position number 34 while chanting mantra below. This portion can be given (or mixed with) to any guests in your home on that day (or someone working in your home). If there are no guests in home on particular day, all these rice grains in the plate can be fed to birds or cows.
34. ॐ हन्त ते सनकादिमनुष्येभ्यो नम:, इदं हन्त ते सनकादिमनुष्येभ्यो इदं न मम ।
अग्नि विसर्जन
By chanting this mantra, we ask agni-devataa to go back his abode as the yagnas are over and all the aahutis made.
ॐ यज्ञ यज्ञं गच्छ यज्ञपतिं गच्छ स्वां योनिं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
एष ते यज्ञो यज्ञपते सहसूक्तवाक: सर्ववीरस्तं जुषस्व स्वाहा ॥
क्षमायाचना
In case, some mistakes were made during the ritual, you ask for forgiveness from the gods
ॐ प्रमादात् कुर्वतां कर्म प्रच्यवेताध्वरेषु यत् ।
स्मरणादेव तद्विष्णो: सम्पूर्णं स्यादिति श्रुति: ॥
यस्य स्मृत्या च नामोक्त्या तपोयज्ञक्रियदिषु ।
न्यूनं सम्पूर्णतां याति सद्यो वन्दे तमच्युतम् ॥
फलसमर्पण
अनेन बलिवैश्वदेवाख्येन कर्मणा परमेश्वर: प्रीयतां न मम ।
ॐ विष्णवे नम: । ॐ विष्णवे नम: । ॐ विष्णवे नम: ।
कृष्णार्पणमस्तु॥
ॐ शांति: शांति: शांति: ॥
